A proposed 50-mile bike loop around the city of Albuquerque may not be a bike loop at all.

Last week, the city council voted to hire an engineering firm to design a 50-mile bike look around the city. At that meeting, it was revealed that the loop would be for much more than just bicycles.

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"It actually has been recognized that this will be a multi-use path, not a bike path," said Jennifer Buntz with the Duke City Wheelman Foundation.

That means the path would be open to everyone, meaning some bike enthusiasts will stay on the roads.

"Motor vehicles on the road by in large behave in predictable ways. Children on tricycles do not," Buntz said. "We are about safety. We want this to be the safest design possible for all the users. Albuquerque has good examples of good infrastructure and good multiuse paths and there's also examples of poorly designed paths, lanes, etc."

Buntz said she's glad that the city is now peddling the project as multiuse and looks forward to working with the city on the plans.

City council members voted to pay the engineering firm $150,000 to design the project. There will be several meetings where the public can give their ideas for the project.